Prediction of long life and 20 hour week goal
An editorial discusses a New York Heart Association prediction that average citizens may live to 100. Harry Van Arsdale urges a 20 hour work week and a four day week by 1970, warning that leisure revolution will reshape labor, associations, and community identity amid a youth bulge and aging population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
York
Association
Harry van. Arsdale
York City
Afl-Cio
van Arsdale
Labor“‘Movement
Two Chinas at the United Nations Clash for Seat
The U.N. faces the persistent Two Chinas dilemma as both Republic of China and Communist China claim representation. Britain’s votes showed divided support for a two-thirds admission resolution and for Peiping, revealing fence-sitting on how to handle dual Chinese government representation and the Security Council seat question. Many nations are wary of writing off the Nationalists while seeking a path to curb Communist Chinese ambitions through membership.
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China
United Nations
U.N. General Assembly
United States
Peiping
Britain
U.N. Security Council
U.N
World Organization
S. U.N
Volta Dam project draws fire from Senator Gore
The Volta Dam agreement drawing U S aid to Ghana faces GOP criticism from Senator Albert Gore who argues the aid backs a leftward regime allied with Communist powers. The long negotiations involved U S officials, private aluminum interests, and Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah amid rising leftist alignment. Gore warns such aid could undermine democracy and benefits to free markets.
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Volta Dam
Albert Gore
Dtenn
Ghana
United States
Kwame Nkrumah
Moscow
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Clarence Randall
Randall
Senator Gore
Lincoln Said Equal Rights Debate Quoted
A Lexington reader asks the Courier Journal to print Lincoln's remarks from the Lincoln Douglas debates. The letter notes two quotes from 1858 and 1958 amid a push for equal opportunity for Negro citizens and opposes social and political equality as a broader aim.
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Louisville Couriey-Journal
Courier-Journal
Lexington
Lincoln
Ottawa
Ill
Judge Douglas
Great Loss To Oratory In Illinois Senate Debates
The piece laments Stevenson staying out of the 1962 Illinois Senate race against Everett Dirksen. It imagines a monumental duel between the famed orator with biblical flourishes and the urbane ex-governor delivering sharp, witty thrusts. Readers anticipated a nationwide crowd and debate coaches flocking to Illinois to witness the event.
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Aclai Stevenson
Illinois
Senate
Everett Dirksen
Wizard of
Mike
Bob
Hope
Maine
California
Ilinois
Memory Lane Notes Across Time and Press
A reflective column recalls Times Tower in New York and the shifting reach of newspapers, mentions a home-town press in an out-of-town market, and notes readers chasing back issues. It spans Fabre’s beetles, Christmas memories on a Marion farm, Cozy Culture Club readings, Santa’s voice at auctions, and Life magazine bidding for Jacqueline Kennedy’s famed horse scene. The piece threads personal recollections with media history and cultural fragments.
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Cozy Culture Club
Santa Claus
South Pasadena
Calif
Illinois
New York Times
Chet Cleveland
University of Iinois
Magazine
Sigma Chi
The
Quill
Journal of Sigma Della Chi
Professional Journalism’ Society
Life Magazine
Jacqueline Kennedy
the Land
New York
Paris
Rusk
Stevenson
State Department
Joseph B. Godber
Britain
Min
Ister of
State For Foreign Affairs
Stevenson Life Behind the U.N. Floor as Crisis Looms
A reporter followed on a day in the life of U.S. diplomat Stevenson, from 8:55 a.m. to 11:15 p.m., detailing rounds at the Waldorf and UN headquarters, meetings with Tanganyika’s Dr. V K Kyaruzi and Tunisia’s Morigi Slim, and ongoing negotiations on Congo policy amid global pressure to avert a broader disaster. The piece highlights Stevenson’s quiet diplomacy, rapid schedule, and constant coordination with Secretary Rusk, Thant, and foreign ministers while underscoring the tense balance of terror shaping postwar diplomacy.
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Stevenson
General Assembly
Security Council
Waldorf Towers
V K. Kyaruzi
Tanganyika
U.S
United Nations
Levenson
Morigi Slim
Tunisia
Assembly
Neauving
Jose Joa
Dean Rusk Armament
Washington
Lantic Treaty Organization
Narcotics in the Middle Class Spotlight
A Narcotics Enterprise Association piece surveys drug use among educated professionals at dinner parties and social gatherings. It highlights marijuana peyote LSD and other experiences as signs of societal decadence and alienation, with expert David Ebin noting a tension between art and science in drug accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Ebin
Elein
Sci
Ebin
Hunters Invited To Use Bows For Deer Season
Ronald P. Stewart of Herrin argues that bow hunting offers a longer season and that bow licenses cost the same as shotgun licenses. He contrasts hunting methods, camo use, and safety gear, suggesting shotgun hunters face greater risk and deer numbers differ between bow and shotgun hunting.
Bow Season Debate Highlights Hunter Efficiency
Reader letter argues bow hunting is harder and less efficient than shotgun hunting. It cites deer kill rates from Illinois last year, notes bowhunters killed far fewer deer per hunter, and claims bow days are fewer, implying greater skill needed and lower success for bow season.
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Southern Illnoisan
Gor‘ham
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